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May 3 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Representative Frank Pallone, a New Jersey Democrat, talks with Bloomberg’s Lori Rothman about offshore drilling, environmental risk and the need to focus on renewable energy sources.
A damaged BP Plc oil well has been leaking 5,000 barrels a day into the Gulf of Mexico. (Source: Bloomberg)

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March 11 (Bloomberg) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke talks with Bloomberg’s Betty Liu about President Barack Obama’s “emphasis” on clean energy technology and its correlation to jobs creation.
Locke also discusses trade relations with China and China’s currency policy. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) — Pavel Molchanov, an analyst at Raymond James & Associates, talks with Bloomberg’s Julie Hyman about his investment strategy for alternative-energy stocks.
Molchanov also discusses the outlook for climate change talks in Copenhagen, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to declare carbon dioxide a health hazard and cap-and-trade legislation being considered by Congress. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Nov. 17 (Bloomberg) — Richard Kelly, chief executive officer of Xcel Energy Inc., talks with Bloomberg’s Lindsey Arent about the company’s plan to add $1 billion a year in spending for renewable energy.
Kelly, speaking in Washington, also discusses Xcel’s capital-spending plans and outlook for electricity-rate increases. Xcel is the biggest U.S. supplier of wind-generated power to retail customers. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Wind Already Powers Some 2.5 Million U.S. Homes

Wind is the fastest growing energy source in the world…and here in the US wind farms have popped up in more than 30 states, producing enough energy to power an estimated 2.5 million homes a day. Thanks to growing concerns over natural gas prices, a desire for energy independence and incentives for renewable energy production, it’s expected this trend will continue.

A clean, renewable energy source, wind energy systems generate no water or air emissions. While critics of wind power point to a price discrepancy, noting that construction costs for wind-powered generators can run double those of fossil fuel plants, supporters counter that once wind facilities are constructed, there are no fuel costs, because wind, of course, is free. Likewise, they say that since maintenance is considered minimal, wind-power costs are competitive.

Experts say it’s relatively easy to harness the energy in wind- essentially you put a rotor on top of a tall tower, the wind blows the rotor, which is connected to a shaft, which drives an electrical generator to produce electricity.

The American Wind Energy Association forecasts 6 percent of all homeowners in the U.S. will receive their electricity from wind by 2020.

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